Kathleen Billington Passes Away at Age 93

Kathleen Billington passed away peacefully at her home with family by her side on October 30, 2026, at the age of 93.

Services are scheduled for mid-November in Ponca City and Oklahoma City.

Born on a snowy day at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City on November 16, 1932, to Gertrude Elizabeth Fischer and Loren Larkin Robinson, she grew up as the middle child between her two sisters, Marion Gertrude Fry and Virginia Carole Hogue. The Robinson family moved frequently across the state, living in Duncan and Ardmore before returning to Oklahoma City.

There, she attended Rosary Elementary School and graduated from John Carroll High School as part of the class of 1950, which stood as the final graduating class before the opening of Bishop McGuinness High School in 1951. She then spent three years at Oklahoma City University as a journalism major writing for the school paper and participating in the Delta Zeta sorority.

Kathleen Billington Passes Away at Age 93

A chance meeting at an OU-OSU football game in 1953 redirected her path, leading her to transfer to Oklahoma State University where she earned a BS degree in Business in 1956. She married Marvin Wayne Billington on another snowy day on December 28, 1954, and the couple shared 57 years of marriage until his death on July 17, 2012.

Following Marvin’s tour of duty in Bremerhaven, Germany, the family lived in Frederick and Blackwell, Oklahoma, where Marvin owned and managed the Wheat Bowl and Bowlarena Lanes. In 1965, the family settled at 1713 N.E. Woodland Rd. in Ponca City, where Marvin managed the Ponca Bowl for twenty years.

Kathleen worked as the secretary of St. Mary’s School for 12 years, later working for Hartford Insurance from 1982 to 1987 and for Conoco until her retirement on June 1, 1999. In her later years, she pursued photography, gardening, piano, and bridge, maintaining active memberships in the AAUW, St. Francis Guild, Blessed Rother Society, and the Mother of Mercy Rosary Group.

She is survived by her children, son, Chris Billington with Jan D’Amour of West Milwaukee, Wisconsin; son, Patrick and wife, Rosanna Billington; and daughter, Carrie Blanco, husband, Ivan Blanco, and grandsons, Diego and Rocco Blanco of The Woodlands, Texas, as well as granddaughter, Loren Billington with Chris Dunn of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and granddaughter, Hannah and husband, Joe Devlin of Dublin, Ireland.

A Rosary service will be held at 6:00 PM on Friday, November 13, 2026, at Trout Funeral Home Chapel in Ponca City. A Mass of Christian burial follows at 10:00 am on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with Father Alex Kroll officiating.

Burial will take place at Resurrection Cemetery in Oklahoma City with Deacon Peter Barger officiating. Donations in her honor may be directed to St. Mary’s School, 707 E. Ponca Ave., Ponca City, OK 74601.